Snapshots of Smoky: Writing Retreat 2016
As is my wont, I’ve spent a good portion of the off-season travelling. This latest jaunt was to Tennessee, for the Smoky Writers Retreat: 2016 Edition. Logline: Words. Food. Booze. One-line summary:...
View ArticleBeta Readers are Awesome
Beta readers are awesome people. Every single one of my novels has gone through a few rounds of betas. I honestly don’t know what I would do without them. They’re like that friend who runs lines with...
View ArticleBeing the Freaking Energizer Bunny
Well. It never rains, but it pours. We got back to our museum life, hit the ground running, and then immediately got walloped with all the things ever. Including a video series! I’m not complaining....
View ArticleParsing the Parsecs: Proposing a New Taxonomy of Podcast Fiction
So I assume we’ve all seen the WIRED article, right? This one: the one really excited that podcast fiction is “finally” a thing? Evidently, they’ve overlooked that podcast fiction kicked off in 2005,...
View ArticleHow fast it all moves…
I need to eat my words, I’m afraid. Last week, I said: I want [SFWA membership]. I want this so badly. It’s a long game: I doubt very much I’ll be strolling into the Nebulas next year. But you keep...
View ArticleChoir and Me: Or, How Sheer Stubbornness Eventually Paid Off
It’s 2007. I’m sixteen. And I’m terrified. I’m sitting on a hard church pew, music in hand. The notes don’t make sense. They make sense for piano, but I can’t just pluck a G out of the air and sing it....
View ArticleBirthday Thoughts
I turn 26 on Wednesday. On the one hand, I know that’s nothing. On the other, this tweet feels scarily accurate: So, 26. Aging aside, there’s been a strange shift in the wind, lately. It’s nothing...
View ArticleState of the KT
Hi pals, I have a friend from Stonecoast visiting this week, which means there has been lots of gallivanting and little else. So not much musing today, just updates. First up: I’m a Sunburst nominee?...
View ArticleBartending, Practice, and Art
Hello lovelies, Hope you’ve all been well. The thesis is finally out of my hands—huzzah!—and if I can muster all my strength to make it past Tuesday or so, I think I can finally take a breath. So...
View ArticleNew Year’s Post: 2016 Edition
There are many Americans, but this one is mine. I am writing these words while sitting on a couch in Virginia, surrounded by some of my dearest friends. When I think where I was this time last...
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